Poroshenko: I dreamed of the Pentagon, while serving in the Soviet army

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said to US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, that from an early age wanted to be at the Pentagon.

"My dream since I was in the army, was to one day be at the Pentagon," - said Poroshenko in English in the presence of journalists. The Ukrainian president did not elaborate on what exactly that means.

Poroshenko (born in 1965) served in the Soviet Army from 1984 to 1986.